US5459479A - Solid state depth locator having liquid crystal display - Google Patents
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- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
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- G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
- G01S15/00—Systems using the reflection or reradiation of acoustic waves, e.g. sonar systems
- G01S15/02—Systems using the reflection or reradiation of acoustic waves, e.g. sonar systems using reflection of acoustic waves
- G01S15/06—Systems determining the position data of a target
- G01S15/08—Systems for measuring distance only
- G01S15/10—Systems for measuring distance only using transmission of interrupted, pulse-modulated waves
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- G—PHYSICS
- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
- G01S15/00—Systems using the reflection or reradiation of acoustic waves, e.g. sonar systems
- G01S15/88—Sonar systems specially adapted for specific applications
- G01S15/96—Sonar systems specially adapted for specific applications for locating fish
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- G—PHYSICS
- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
- G01S7/00—Details of systems according to groups G01S13/00, G01S15/00, G01S17/00
- G01S7/52—Details of systems according to groups G01S13/00, G01S15/00, G01S17/00 of systems according to group G01S15/00
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US20040202048A1 (en) * | 2003-04-14 | 2004-10-14 | Cummings Duane E. | Method for distinguishing return echoes from noise |
US20080291121A1 (en) * | 2007-05-25 | 2008-11-27 | Cummings Duane E | Display for sonar |
US20090141589A1 (en) * | 2007-11-30 | 2009-06-04 | Johnson Outdoors | Flashes sonar device with LCD annotations |
US7908080B2 (en) | 2004-12-31 | 2011-03-15 | Google Inc. | Transportation routing |
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US5127352A (en) * | 1990-09-10 | 1992-07-07 | Kulpa Daniel S | Flasher display sonar depth sounder non-intrusion sensor |
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US5790083A (en) * | 1996-04-10 | 1998-08-04 | Neomagic Corp. | Programmable burst of line-clock pulses during vertical retrace to reduce flicker and charge build-up on passive LCD display panels during simultaneous LCD and CRT display |
US6108269A (en) * | 1998-10-01 | 2000-08-22 | Garmin Corporation | Method for elimination of passive noise interference in sonar |
US6466514B1 (en) | 1998-10-01 | 2002-10-15 | Garmin Corporation | Method for elimination of passive noise interference in sonar |
US6335905B1 (en) | 1999-12-17 | 2002-01-01 | Garmin Corporation | Method for elimination of passive noise interference in sonar |
WO2002093541A1 (en) * | 2001-05-11 | 2002-11-21 | Andrei Vadimovich Polunin | Device for displaying information |
US20040202048A1 (en) * | 2003-04-14 | 2004-10-14 | Cummings Duane E. | Method for distinguishing return echoes from noise |
US6819629B2 (en) | 2003-04-14 | 2004-11-16 | Marcum Technologies, Inc. | Method for distinguishing return echoes from noise |
US6768701B1 (en) | 2003-04-16 | 2004-07-27 | Duane E. Cummings | Flasher-type fish finder with zoom feature |
US7908080B2 (en) | 2004-12-31 | 2011-03-15 | Google Inc. | Transportation routing |
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US8798917B2 (en) | 2004-12-31 | 2014-08-05 | Google Inc. | Transportation routing |
US8606514B2 (en) | 2004-12-31 | 2013-12-10 | Google Inc. | Transportation routing |
US20080291121A1 (en) * | 2007-05-25 | 2008-11-27 | Cummings Duane E | Display for sonar |
US8406083B2 (en) | 2007-11-30 | 2013-03-26 | Johnson Outdoors Inc. | Flasher sonar device with interleaved zoom |
US20090141589A1 (en) * | 2007-11-30 | 2009-06-04 | Johnson Outdoors | Flashes sonar device with LCD annotations |
US8094517B2 (en) | 2007-11-30 | 2012-01-10 | Johnson Outdoors Inc. | Flasher sonar device with LCD annotations |
US7948828B2 (en) | 2007-11-30 | 2011-05-24 | Johnson Outdoors Inc. | Flasher sonar device with light guide |
US20130286784A1 (en) * | 2012-04-27 | 2013-10-31 | Furuno Electric Co., Ltd. | Device and method for transceiving ultrasonic wave |
US9310483B2 (en) * | 2012-04-27 | 2016-04-12 | Furuno Electric Company Limited | Device and method for transceiving ultrasonic wave |
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